Churn



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HURN.

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UNITED STATES nrnNr Genion.

BYRON SYLVENUS HOVEY AND WALTER H. BRAKE, OF STOCKVILLE, NEBRASKA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,429, dated April15, 1890.

Application filed October 9, 1889. Serial No.326,453. (No model.)

To LU whom t may concern.:

Be it known that we, BYRON SYLVENUS HovEY and WALTER. H. BRAKE, citizensof the United States, residing at Stockville, in the county of Frontierand State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Churn, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has relation to that class of churns known asbody-working, and among the objects in view are to provide achurnsupport constructed and adapted to receive an ordinary crock orother similar vessel usually contained in all households.

The invention consist-s in certain features of construction, which willhereinafter appear, together with numerous other objects.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a churn-supportconstructed in accordance with our invention. Eig. 2 is a detail inperspective of the churn-body-embracing frame, and Fig. 3 a similar viewof the locking-cover. Fig 4: is a vertical longitudinal section of thecomplete churn on the line a: of Fig. l.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

l represents a suitable base, from each end of which there projectsvertical standards 2, having bearings 3 formed near their upperextremities.

4 represents the churn-body-receiving fram e, and the same consists, inthis instance, of a metal strap adapted to encircle the body of thechurn at about its middle, and is provided with opposite bearing-studs5, adapted to be removably mounted in the bearings 3, one of said studsbeing continued outside of its bearing and there provided with anoperating-crank 6. The upper edge of the strap is provided with, in thisinstance, four upwardly-projecting arms 7 and with a similar number ofdownwardly-proj ecting arms 8, the downwardly-projecting arms havingtheir ends inwardly bent at a right angle, as at 9, to form a bottomsupport for the churn-body.

10 represents the churn-body, which may be either aspecially-constructed body, or,as before stated, any suitable domesticvessel, and preferably an ordinary crock. The crock is placed inposition so that its bottom rests upon the inwardly-turned ends 9, andthe upper end of the crock is provided with a circular cover ll, betweenwhich and the crock is located a suitable packing-ring l2. In each pairof upwardly-projecting arms there is formed a bearing opening orperforation 13, and in the four arms there is pivotally mounted a pairof opposite swinging bails let, adapted to be swung down upon the coverfor the purpose of holding the same snugly upon the crock. T he cover isprovided at its center with an upwardly-projecting perforated lug l5,upon which is pivoted a cam-lever 16, bifurcated at its cam end toreceive the lug, and through the lever and lug is inserted a pivot 17.The periphery of each of the cams is grooved, as at 18, and the mannerof operating the cam is as follows: The cream is placed in the crock andthe crock seated in the frame 4, after which the cover is placed inposition, the hails swung into place upon the cover, and the cam-leverlowered so that each of its cam-faces bind upon a bail. The churn maynow be operated in the usual manner.

If desired, we may provide the crock with a loose daslier 19,consistingot a square cube adapted to be thrownfrom end to end of thechurn by the tumbling of the same, the angles of the cube serving ascutters for the cream. 8o

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is l. Thecombination, with opposite standards, of a churn-body support pivotallymounted therein and comprising upper and lower projecting arms and acentral ring, the lower arms terminating in churn-body supports, and theupper arms being provided with churn-body-retaining balls, a churn-bodymounted in the support, a cover mounted over the body, the bails mountedover the cover, and a cam-lever pivoted upon the cover and adapted tolock the bails, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the standards, of the churn-support pivotallymounted therein and comprising the body-embracing ring, the lowerinwardly-turned churn-supporting arms and the upwardly-projectingembracing-arms, the churn mounted in the ring, the

cover mounted on the churn, the pivoted bails mounted" in Vtheupwardly-projecting arms andl taking over the cover, the perforated lugmounted upon the cover, and the cam-lever bifurcated to embrace the lugand pivoted thereto and having its cam-faces provided with grooves, andeach adapted to impinge upon a bail, substantially as specified.

3. JThe combination, with a base having opposite standards provided attheir upper ends with bearings, of the herein-described ehurnsupport,formed of sheet metal and consisting of a central ring having oppositebearing-studs mounted in the bearings, and upper and lower projectingarms, the former being provided with devices adapted to interlock withlooking devices upon a churncover for retaining the churn Within thesupport and the latter inwardly bent at their lower ends and adapted tosupport a churnbody, substantially as specified.

4. The churn-body, the skeleton support therefor, the bails pivoted inthe support, the churn cover or lid having the cam-lever With thegrooved cam-faces, the central portion of each bail being engaged in thegrooved faces of the earn-lever, as set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our oWn We have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

BYRON lSYLVENUS HOVEY. WALTER H. DRAKE.

Vitnesses:

W. L. CLARK, JOHN HARKINS.

